Author: Mike Halsey

Written – August 2022 When I chose the name windows.do for this website, I wanted to .do something very different with the identity of the site.  Knowing that the word do sat right in the middle of the word windows, I thought it would be great…

Your smart speaker is listening to you.  Don’t just take my word for it as there have been hundreds of articles in newspapers and magazines, and on websites, detailing how they are listening to, and even recording everyday conversations in your home, and how they’ve…

What PC and phone do you use?  Do you have a Windows PC, an Android smartphone and Google Chromebook, or an iPhone and a MacBook?  When was the last time you changed from one to another and if not, why haven’t you?  This is one…

Written – July 2022 Where do you get your news?  If you get it from television or a newspaper it’s very likely going to be just a single source.  Some people like to watch the BBC, or Sky.  Other people watch CNN or their local…

Sometimes you want to switch from using one web browser to another, perhaps you have received a new PC, or maybe you’ve just changed your mind or heard stories about your current web browser that you don’t like. Fortunately, all the major browser makers make…

Written – July 2022 There is a lot of talk these days about equality, diversity and inclusion.  It’s almost as if a light has come on and the people of the world have suddenly decided this is a subject worth paying attention to.  Alternatively it…

Written – July 2022 As of the time of writing this I have written more than twenty books and am still writing more, so I’m often asked how I got my start as an author.  Well funnily enough, as these things often do, it all…